Younger generations are more interested than older generations in having non-domesticated animals as pets.

ABSTRACT: The trade and private ownership of non-domesticated animals has detrimental effects on individual animals and their wild populations. Therefore, there is a need to understand the conditions that motivate and dissuade interest in non-domesticated pet ownership. Past research has demonstrated that the way in which non-domesticated animals are portrayed in images influences the public's perception that they are suitable as pets. We conducted an online survey of people residing in the United States to investigate how viewing images that could be realistically captured in the zoo and broader tourism industries impact the degree to which people report interest in having that animal as a pet. We focused on two species, reticulated pythons (Malayopython reticulatus) and two-toed sloths (Choloepus

SUBMITTER: Cronin KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8791465 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature